The Counterintuitive Writer : A Guide To Writing For Students ... And For Others

The Counterintuitive Writer takes a new perspective on academic writing, encouraging readers to follow the road "less travelled" as they figure out what they want to write and how to write it. Using easy-to-understand examples, practical exercises, and innovative approaches that apply to various types of writing, this text guides the reader on how to: - Overcome writer's block - Develop a focused topic - Organize essays, reports and research papers - Apply the principle of "predictable structure and unpredictable content" to capture - and hold - readers' attention - Craft a compelling introduction and conclusion - Write concise, coherent paragraphs - Summarize key points; and - Avoid common writing pitfalls, including logical fallacies, unintentional plagiarism, and grammatical errors.

• | Author: JOAN. FLAHERTY
• | Publisher: Rock'S Mills Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 220 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1772441457
• | ISBN-13: 9781772441451